Hi,
I updated my Windows partition and now my Endeavor OS partition won’t detect my Ethernet. I don’t have Internet on my PC now, so I can’t copy and paste and am typing on my phone.
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reveals I have a Realtek RTL8125 with driver r8169, vendor MSI, chip-id 10ec:8125
I don’t have a file named r8168.conf or r8169.conf in my /usr/lib/modprobe.d/ directory.
Well I’m not sure other than that. Fast startup feature enables hiberfile so turning it off makes sure it’s not using that on Windows when you boot into EndeavourOS. Updating Windows shouldn’t change anything for the ethernet on EndeavourOS. It uses a kernel module.
Edit: Also the module is loaded. So not sure why your network connection isn’t showing up?
Your board has the rtl8125B chip and it definitely should use the r8169 kernel module. There is one other package that you could try but you need internet to install it. There shouldn’t be any reason why it’s not working because of updating Windows. My only other suggestion is to power it off. Unplug the tower. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds and then plug it back in and restart the computer. This is usually a problem that happens with onboard WiFi not usually Ethernet but won’t hurt to try it.
So I booted into the live ISO, then went and got dinner, leaving the live ISO on. When I returned I rebooted into my endeavour OS partition and the Internet is working again.
I didn’t touch anything
How could this issue have happened then resolve itself in the first place?